ARGENTINE ants taking over the world?!
A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.
Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same interrelated colony, and will refuse to fight one another.
The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination.
EEEK!
that explains why Gov. Sanford had Argentine ants in his pants.
Posted by: punaise | July 01, 2009 at 08:30 PM
I think I'm turning Argentine, I think I'm turning Argentine, I really think so.
Seriously, this could be the result of losing the Falklands War--a secret Argie plan to take over the world.
Posted by: steverino | July 01, 2009 at 08:40 PM
Did Sanford have something to do with this?
Posted by: amused | July 01, 2009 at 09:08 PM
Ants are an annoyance, but it's the termites that's a motherfucker. Especially the ones that don't need groundwater. Goodbye frame houses.
Posted by: coozledad | July 01, 2009 at 09:21 PM
carpenter ants are almost as bad as termites. just slower. gotta get them out of the house.
Posted by: pansypoo | July 01, 2009 at 09:24 PM
pansypoo: Fortunately Borax works on carpenter ants, if you mix it with a sweet bait like molasses. Virtually no toxicity, except to houseplants.
Posted by: coozledad | July 01, 2009 at 09:41 PM
Gavin Newsom will be sad to learn that his ex-wife's nickname for him ("Californian large") has been appropriated by scientists for the 560-mile long coastal Argentine ant colony in our state.
Posted by: TeddySanFran | July 01, 2009 at 09:46 PM
TSF - LOL. that's regarding his coiffure, n'est-ce pas?
Posted by: punaise | July 01, 2009 at 10:01 PM
"I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."
--Kent Brockman
Posted by: EvilDrPuma | July 01, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Hey, no sweat.
I saw a documentary on these guys, called Them!, and James Whitmore had little or no problem at all gettin' rid of these pests.
Shit, they're just ants. All you need is a big magnifying glass and a sunny day, and they're toast!
Posted by: wa ching | July 02, 2009 at 02:27 AM
Other than that, read your William Burroughs
Posted by: wa ching | July 02, 2009 at 02:29 AM
Or your Clifford Simak.
Posted by: Thorlac | July 02, 2009 at 09:52 AM
no wonder I can't kill the mfsob's off, try as I might, borax or no.
Posted by: Elliott | July 02, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Hmmm...now I kind of feel bad boraxing the swarm of ants I saw outside today...
Posted by: mothra | July 02, 2009 at 03:12 PM